Circular tie rack



May 2f 1950 v T. J. RAGLAND 2,506,467

CIRCULAR TIR RACK Filed April 26, 1947 Patented May 2, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in tieracks, particularly a rack of the circular type in which the rack proper is in the nature of a wheel presenting a multiplicity of projecting spokes radiating from a central hub, and in which said hub is journaled for rotary movement about a vertical axis.

For its general object, the invention aims to provide a perfected rack of the described character which is of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction, and which is highly ornamental in appearance.

It is a further and important object to devise a rack embodying a hood which overlies the radial spokes and precludes dust from settling upon ties which are hangingfrom the spokes.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a rack Which may be easily and quickly mounted upon the wall of a room, and employing therefor mounting screws which, to all practical purposes, are concealed from View.

Itis a further object still to provide a rack incorporating an exposed control knob operatively interconnected with the spoked wheel and enabling/the latter to be turned at will without nhandling the spokes or the ties hung thereon.

With the foregoing and yet additional objects fand advantages in view, and which will appear and be understood in the course of the following description and claims, the invention consists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing:

"n Figure 1 is a view, principally in top plan but artially broken away and with parts shown in `election, to illustrate a tie-rack constructed in acsordance with the now-preferred embodiment of i the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view thereof on line Z-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view on broken line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates a corolla-like hood which is made concave upon its underside and which, considered in plan, is desirably such as to describe a figure more or less of rectangular shape bounded along the sides and back by rectilineal edges and, other than for a centrally-placed and fairly wide re-entrant throat 6, along the front by a semi-circle. The hood, to enable the same to be firmly seated against a wall, door or other upright support, presents a perpendicular back wall 1, and notched into this back wall from the bottom edge are vertical slots 8 accommodating the shank of a respective headed screw 9.

Upon the underside of the hood, and placed to lie concentric with the center about which the generated curve of the hoods front margin is described, there is provided a boss lil having a boreextending vertically therethrough, and journaled for rotation in this bore is a stem or pintle I l made integral With and depending from a control knob l2 arranged to seat upon the upper exposed face of the hood. This knob, to promote the appearance of mass, is indicated as being of an inverted dish shape, and for augmenting the grip of a users ngers thereon the skirting flange is shown as presenting circumierentially spaced vertical ribs.

There is formed upon the lower end of the journaled stern a reduced prolongation I5, and fitting by a center-bore 26 upon this prolongation and securely clamped by a screw I6 against the shoulder thereby described is a wheel comprised of a hub l1 having a multiplicity of arms or In the use of the rack, it will be understood thatv :the spokes are successively brought by rotation of the wheel into an exposed position within the throat 6, and in order that these spokes, as they are moved into the throat, will be properly posi- `tioned in exact coinciding relation with the longitudinal center line thereof there is provided a click mechanism comprised of a series of relatively shallow indentations 2i formed in the facing surface of the hood, and whichv are complemented by a set of tits 22 depending from the skirting flange of the control knob and arranged to lodge in these indentations. Spaced equidistantly along the circumference of a circle taken about the center of the stem Il as an axis, there is provided a respective indentation for each of the spokes, and for balancing purposes the tits are indicated as being three in number spaced at intervals of While the knob can'be turned with little effort, it will be apparent that the tits are yieldingly held within the indentations by the combined weight of the knob, its wheel, and the ties which are hung on the spokes of the latter, and that the knob is in consequence normally held stationary.

In producing the rack I prefer that the same be of plastic composition molded, desirably, in contrasting colors, but other materials are obviously suitable for the purpose and can be employed if desired.

The described tie-rack and the manner of its operation will, it is believed, be clear from the foregoing. Various departures from the embodiment which I have here elected to illustrate may obviously be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention, and no limitations are to be implied by reason of having particularly described such illustrated embodiment. It is my intention that the hereto annexed claims be read with the broadest scope commensurate with the language. used.v

WhatfI clairrris:l

1. In a circular tie-rack, the combination of a rotatively mounted wheel presenting a. multiplicty of arms radiating outwardly and serving.

as the rack on which to hang the ties, and an umbrella-like hood carrying the wheeland. overlying and skirting the wheel to serve as a dust shield for ties hung upon the arms, said hood being provided in its perimeter with a comparatively narrow re-entrant throat extending radially inwardly to give access to a selected arm moved by rotation ofthe wheel into a position exposed by the throat.

2; In a circular tie-rack, the combination of an umbrel1`a-1ike hood arranged and adapted to be mounted upon a sustaining wall and formed in its perimeter Withya comparatively narrow reentrant throat extending radially inwardly,V and a rotativelyl mounted, wheel housed by the hood and carried thereby presentingv a multiplicity of rack-forming arms extending radially outwardly 3.. In a circular. tie-rack', an umbrella-like hood` presenting' a perpendicular.v back wall arranged to fit snugly'against'a sustaining Wall and,.forsecur ingl said hood' to the sustaining. walLhaving said backu wall of the hood slotted from the: bottom edgeto accommodate the` shank of a respectiveA headed screw, and. arackfforming; spoked wheel housedv within the concavity of the hood and supported by the latter for rotaryv movement about a vertical axis, said` hood being provided. in its perimeter'with aicomparativ'ely narrow `re-erxtrant throat extending radially inwardly to give access to a selected spokemovedbyrotation of the wheel into a position exposed bythe throat;

4. In a tie-rack, thev combination of' an umbrella1ike hood arranged and adapted to be mounted uponk a sustaining Wall and'provided centrally with a depending bossA having a bore running vertically therethrough, a pintle journaled in said boss and projecting by upper and lower ends above and below the hood, a rackforming spoked wheel of a diameter less than that of the hood fxedly suspended from the lower end of the pintle, and a control knob for turning said wheel made fast to the upper end of the pintle, said hood being provided in its perimeter with a re-entrant throat extending radially inwardly to giveaccess toa selected arm. moved by rotation of the wheel into a position exposed by the throat.

5. The tie rack of claim i wherein the said umbrella-like hood and control knob are provided with a plurality of complementing click devices for yieldingly locating successive spokes of said wheel in substantially centered relation to said re-entrant throat.

6. The tie rack of claim 5 wherein one of the complements of said click devices comprises angularly spaced projections carried by the knob, and the other complement comprises angularly spaced indentationsv in the top surface of the hood of depth approximatingw the length` of the said projections..

7. The tie rack of' claim 5 wherein one of the complements of said click devices comprises angurla-rly spaced projections carried by the knob, and' the other complementcomprises angularly spaced indentations in the top surfacev of thehood oi depth approximating the length of the said projections, the length of the pintle between the under-.most surface of the knob and the uppermost' surface of the. Wheelexceeding the combined'len'gthsA of a respective said projection and the depending boss. to admit of endl play by the. pintle so that the projections can be lifted from the indentations whenthe Wheel is rotated.

THOMAS J RAGLAND.

REFERENCES CTED' The. following references are; of record inv the file of thisY patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS (li-nd Oshmanet al. Jan; 31, 1939." 

